Sentences with phrase «by similar increases»

Meanwhile, within the United States, modest advances in the number of students achieving proficiency have not been accompanied by similar increases in the number of students from all backgrounds achieving at advanced levels.

As of 2019, non-Quebec employees and employers will contribute a matching 5.1 per cent to the national plan, followed by similar increases over the next four years — 2020 (5.25 per cent), 2021 (5.45 per cent), 2022 (5.7 per cent) and 2023 (5.95 per cent), as part of a gradual one per cent rise.

As a result, previously reported aggregate business segment net sales and operating income for total year 2017 increased $ 1.568 billion and $ 402 million, respectively, offset by similar increases in the elimination of dual credit net sales and operating income amounts.

Very rapid growth not accompanied by a similar increase in resources.

Since the cysteine and leucine content of muscle protein is comparable, an autophagy - mediated increase in plasma leucine will be accompanied by a similar increase in cysteine, thus facilitating glutathione biosynthesis.

Not exact matches

Canada's share declined by a similar amount, while the Mexican share of value - added increased to 13 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

Enbridge provided similar analysis in support of their Alberta Clipper pipeline project in 2007, again suggesting that additional pipeline capacity to the U.S. Midwest would increase Canadian crude values by $ 0.28 / bbl.

In July, in fact, Google reported that, by using approaches similar to those used by AlphaGo, DeepMind was able to increase the energy efficiency of Google's data centers by 15 %.

Investors increasing their current yield by taking credit risk in junk bonds have recently learned a similar lesson.

It's a similar concept to Google's belief in workspace designs that encourage employee interaction, or as they term it, «casual collisions,» which create the possibility for innovation throughout the day by reducing isolation and increasing connectivity.

«Now, we know that this is actually the cash that is enabling people to make this payment because when we look at a similar chart by payment channel, we see that healthcare spending on debit cards increased by 83 %, and healthcare spending on electronic payments (online bill pay and the like) increases by 56 %,» she says.

Along with Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, Lilly is one of the three big insulin makers under investigation by state attorneys general for price increases that the investigators believe are suspiciously similar in size and timing.

«Based on 2017 production mix, if the proposed tariff of 25 % on imported steel translates into a similar magnitude of increase in steel prices, it would impact each firm by roughly $ 1 billion, representing 12 % and 7 % of their 2017 adjusted operating income, respectively,» Kostin said.

Seedrs makes money by taking roughly 6 per cent commission on funds raised, and then a share of any increase in value when the company is sold — similar to the «carry» earned by private equity firms.

The reasons given by employers for their support of a minimum wage increase were similar to arguments we've heard on Inc.com before, including:

It would also be a 3,400 % increase from what the company had in similar profits last year, based on numbers provided by those sources.

A recent survey of European corporates by investment bank UBS showed a sharp uptick in French companies» capital expenditure (CapEx) spending intentions.2 We also expect to see a similar increase in the amount French companies plan to invest in their business.

(l) Except as otherwise set forth in Schedule 2.7 (l) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) the Company is not and will not be obligated to pay separation, severance, termination or similar benefits as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor will any such transactions accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of any benefit or other compensation due to any individual; and (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause the Company to record additional compensation expense on its income statements with respect to any outstanding Stock Option or other equity - based award.

As mobile OS makers like Apple and Google increasingly support in - app transactions, mobile games are adopting similar monetization strategies by building virtual goods economies to increase engagement and monetization opportunities.

Assuming the increase in 2020 will be similar to that forecast in 2019 would only result in 708,000 new jobs being created by 2020, well short of Mr. Harper's objective.

For example, had increasing broadband adoption among low income households been a priority, the Government could have imposed a condition on the MTS transaction to require a program to be developed similar to those offered by TELUS and Rogers.

By studying its most loyal customers and marketing specifically to similar households near one of its dealerships, a Minnesota group not only increased sales but also generated significantly higher profits on those incremental deals.

(President Clinton's 1993 budget plan, which passed with no Republican votes, took a similar approach by cutting spending and increasing the top marginal income tax rate by three per cent, to 39 per cent.

Excluding oil, the domestic component increased by around 1 per cent in the June quarter, driven by rises in utilities and metal ore prices, while the non-oil-related prices of imported inputs rose by a similar amount.

In Brazil, output increased by 0.9 per cent in the June quarter after a similar increase in the first quarter.

More senior professionals are seeing similar increases, said one executive who was approached by Netflix.

In a similar way, trading market fragmentation caused by ill - designed rules and burdensome regulations — and the application of those rules abroad — is harming market liquidity and market safety and soundness, increasing the systemic risk that the Dodd - Frank Act was predicated on reducing.

In contrast, the Bank of England increased its repo rate by 25 basis points in February to 4 per cent, following a similar move in November, while the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has increased its policy rate by 50 basis points so far this year (in two steps) to 5.5 per cent.

The number of agricultural businesses registered with the WCB — it's a little misleading to refer to these businesses simply as «farms» since many of them are more like farm - products factories — has increased a similar amount, by 107 per cent.

Recent estimates produced with models similar to JCT's have found the tax bills may increase the growth rate by 0.03 to 0.09 percentage points per year, producing as much as $ 200 billion of dynamic feedback.

The truth from the ground, based on the extensive footwork due diligence I conduct plus emails from readers around the country reporting similar observations, is that the inventory of home listings of soaring (the published inventory reports by design have 2 - 3 month lag), prices are dropping quickly, the time it takes to sell a home is increasing significantly and, most important, the potential pool of middle class home buyers no longer have an income level that will support the size of mortgage it takes to «buy» a home.

For example, the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand dollars all increased by similar amounts against the US dollar over the six months, even though Canada's interest differential relative to the US was a lot less than that of Australia and only about half that of New Zealand.

The volume of retail trade increased by 2.6 per cent in the quarter, following similar growth in the September quarter (Graph 26).

The volume of imports rose by 2 1/4 per cent in the June quarter, which is a little above trend rates, and is likely to record a similar increase in the September quarter.

Rising export prices boosted Australia's terms of trade by around 10 per cent during 2004, and a similar increase is likely to be recorded during 2005 as the recent round of increases in bulk commodity contract prices takes effect.

Just as every Easter long - falsified stories about Jesus are warmed up by journalists to increase the print - run of their magazines, so similar nonsense is brought forth whenever issues of science and religion are covered in the media.

Meanwhile, Protestant thought, influenced by the moral idealism and historical optimism of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, followed a similar course but moved closer and closer to a form of utopian pacifism in which war would be eliminated because of the increasing perfection of human social institutions.

The independent springing up of other writers who have sought to answer this need in a similar way is as much a testimony to the significance of the general trend of Buber's thought as is the rapidly increasing number of thinkers who have been directly or indirectly influenced by him.

The persistent criticisms made by thinkers within the church along with a growing body of adverse research is creating an increasing questioning of paid - time programming, even from people within similar theological traditions as the broadcasters themselves.

Dairygold has decided to announce a milk price increase of 1c / L for milk manufactured in May; this follows on from similar decisions by other processors in recent days.

Unlisted options have been consolidated by a similar amount and the exercise price has been increased by a factor of 25.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

This commitment is set to transform the industry and help increase yield and efficiency, similar to levels already achieved by US almond, pistachio and walnut processors.

It could be argued that keeping Coutinho increases the value of the club similar to the view taken by PSG owners on signing Neymar — that it increased the value of PSG by 200m.

It could be reasoned that similar to the increased credibility gained by the establishment of CABC for birth centers, an accreditation body for homebirth practices would also increase acceptance for homebirth - based providers.

The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

Oligosaccharides in breast milk are thought to promote Bifidobacterium growth, 35 and decreased Bifidobacterium in infancy has been found to be associated with an increased risk for being overweight at age 10 years.36 Many formulas are supplemented with prebiotics such as short - chain galacto - oligosaccharides and long - chain fructo - oligosaccharides that increase the overall representation of Bifidobacterium in the microbiome of formula - fed infants, and similar to breast milk, promote lactate and short - chain fatty acid prevalence in the infant gut (reviewed in the study by Oozeer et al37).

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

There is another lesson to be learned, too: the emphasis on «jobs tax» and the business - focused efforts on helping out»em ployers», have a strikingly similar overall effect to the very different - sounding income tax allowance increase backed by Nick Clegg's party.

But Klein noted his conference has been under similar pressures before to achieve victories backed by Democratic constituencies, most recently the increase in the minimum wage to be phased in to $ 15 in parts of New York City and the surrounding area, as well as 12 weeks of paid family leave.